Careers Compass 6

The Careers Compass 6 program encourages Year 6 students to build their self-awareness and self-efficacy to overcome difficulties. The program enhances personal, social, and cognitive skills and builds children’s self-identity by helping them build positive relationships through team collaboration in unfamiliar situations. Students will reflect on their capabilities, justify their reasoning, and contribute to making informed group decisions by solving logical and creative problems that are hidden skills behind career success.

The program is aligned with the ACARA V9 seven general capabilities and the Australian Blueprint for Career Development. It is delivered by trained UniSA Primary Education pre-service teachers for one day per week over three consecutive weeks and consists of three 90-minute workshops, collectively called “Freezing Point”.

Each workshop features a carefully curated set of activities designed to engage and challenge students. The program is driven by a captivating video-based narrative that unfolds throughout the workshops. The narrative centres around a team of seven individuals, known as the “Compass Crew,” each representing a different set of transferrable career-related skills and ways of thinking. These are aligned with various career clusters that students may encounter in the future.

The UniSA pre-service teachers will remain on the school site for the entirety of the school day. When they are not facilitating the Freezing Point workshops, they will participate in curriculum support under teacher supervision and guidance in the same Year 6 classrooms in which the workshops take place.